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Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Four-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to § 1983 Claims Filed in Florida by Four-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to § 1983 Claims Filed in Florida The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions filed in Florida have a four-year statute of limitations. The appellate …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
PLN Prevails in Connecticut FOI Case; City Appeals by Alex Friedmann On September 22, 2008, PLN requested public documents from the City of Hartford, Connecticut related to a lawsuit involving a prisoner who committed suicide; the suit had resulted in a $403,164 judgment against the City. [See: PLN, Feb. 2009, …
Settlement in Idaho Jail Condition Class-Action Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 4, 2009, a consent decree was entered in a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of jail prisoners with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over conditions of confinement at the Canyon County …
$2.1 Million Award in Excessive Force Death of California Prisoner by In April, 2009, a federal jury awarded $2.1 million in a lawsuit filed against guards at California’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility for their negligence and excessive use of force that caused a prisoner’s death. The prisoner, John Fitzgerald …
Settlement Promises Improvements at Baltimore City Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 18, 2009, a settlement was reached in a class-action lawsuit over conditions of confinement at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). The lawsuit dates back to 1971 and had been on the federal district court’s …
Tenth Circuit: Dismissal of Prison Newsletter Censorship Case Reversed in Part by On July 16, 2009, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit involving the nondelivery of newsletters sent in bulk to a Wyoming state prison. Derrick R. Parkhurst, a Wyoming …
Blakely v. Kershaw County Sheriff's Office, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death Due to Excessive Force by Police, 2010 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) ) ) COUNTY OF KERSHAW of the ) ) Plaintiff(s) ) Deloris Blakely, as Personal Representative Estate of Lori Jean Ellis IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL …
Brief • January 25, 2010
Vodak et al v. City of Chicago et al, IL, Plf Objection to Def Bill of Costs, police protest settlements, 2009 Order Form (01/2005) Case 1:03-cv-02463 Document 608-1 Filed 01/25/10 Page 1 of 4 United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois Name of Assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge Virginia …
Mattan v. Obama,. DC, Plf Mot for Recusal, Guantanamo Bay prisoner habeus, 2010 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MOHAMMED ABDULLAH TAHA MATTAN (ABDAL RAZAK ALI) Petitioners, No: 09- 745 (RCL) vs. BARACK OBAMA, et al, Respondents. PETITIONER ABDAL RAZAK ALI’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 455(a) …
Brief • January 19, 2010
Filed under: Appeals
Schwarzenegger, CA, Order dismissing Appeals, Prison Pop, 2010 (ORDER LIST: 558 U.S.) TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010 APPEALS -- SUMMARY DISPOSITION 09-416 09-553 ) ) ) SCHWARZENEGGER, GOV. OF CA V. PLATA, MARCIANO, ET AL. CA STATE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR V. PLATA, MARCIANO, ET AL. The appeals are dismissed for want of …
Prison Health Care, Political Choice and the Accidental Death Penalty in Michigan by Elizabeth Alexander by Elizabeth Alexander1 In Hadix v. Caruso, I represent a class of prisoners in a decades-long case challenging conditions of confinement, including medical care, at various Michigan prison facilities.2 Since August 2006 I have been …
$950,000 Settlement for California Prisoner Rendered Quadriplegic by In February 2008, the California Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit by a prisoner who had been allegedly rendered quadriplegic by medical mistreatment after he was knocked unconscious in a fight. According to the complaint, Kenneth Holcomb, a DOC prisoner, was …
Hadix Litigation Winding Down by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After nearly thirty years, a class-action lawsuit challenging conditions of confinement at the State Prison of Southern Michigan-Center Complex is on the cusp of ending. The end is in sight not because prison officials have fully complied with a …
BOP Settles FTCA Abuse/Religious Discrimination Suit for $48,000 by Brandon Sample O n August 12, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to settle a lawsuit by a Muslim former prisoner who alleged that he was tortured and beaten after complaining to investigators about his Quar’an and Kufi being …
$75,000 Settlement in Heart Attack Death of Missouri Jail Prisoner by On June 3, 2009, Greene County, Missouri agreed to pay half of a $75,000 settlement in a wrongful death action brought by the family of a prisoner who died while at the Greene County Jail. In July 2005, Winston …
Pennsylvania Prisoner Gets $12,500 in Retaliation Suit After Remittitur by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A pro se Pennsylvania state prisoner won a jury verdict of $5,000 in compensatory damages plus $100,000 in punitive damages against a prison official who openly and repeatedly retaliated against him after he …
Settlement in Class-Action Suit Against CCA Modified After PLN Unseals Court Documents by Alex Friedmann Last October, PLN reported that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm, had settled a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas that raised claims under the Fair Labor …
Colorado Detainee Tasered During Seizure, Paid $116,731.73 and $83,268.27 in Fees by A Colorado detainee settled his medical neglect and excessive force suit within four months of filing for $116,731.73 in damages and $83,268.27 in attorney’s fees. On July 26, 2006, Michael R. Martin was booked into Colorado’s Adams County …
South Dakota: Prisoner May Enforce Third-Party Kosher Meal Obligation by The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a state prisoner can bring a third-party beneficiary claim to enforce a settlement agreement between the South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) and another prisoner. Charles E. Sisney, a DOC prisoner, filed …
Seventh Circuit Upholds $9,063,000 Award to Illinois Ex-Prisoner Exonerated by DNA by Brandon Sample On December 30, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a $9,063,000 jury award to a former prisoner, later exonerated by DNA evidence, whose criminal trial was rendered unfair by a police …
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